Arsenal (2017)

A Southern mobster attempts to rescue his kidnapped brother.

Director:

Steven C. Miller

Writer:

Jason Mosberg

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Adrian Grenier

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicolas Cage	...	Eddie King
John Cusack	...	Sal
Adrian Grenier	...	JP
Johnathon Schaech	...	Mikey
Lydia Hull	...	Lizzie
William Mark McCullough	...	Luca
Abbie Gayle	...	Alexis
Kelton DuMont	...	Young JP
Zachary Legendre	...	Young Mikey
Megan Leonard	...	Vicki
Shea Buckner	...	Rusty
Dylan DePaula	...	Young Mikey's Friend
C.J. LeBlanc	...	Hoya (as Chris LeBlanc)
Christopher Coppola	...	Buddy King
Christopher Rob Bowen	...	Rob

Storyline

A powerful action thriller, ARSENAL tells the intertwining stories of the Lindel brothers, Mikey (Johnathon Schaech) and JP (Adrian Grenier), who had only each other to rely on growing up. As adults, JP found success as the owner of a construction company, while Mikey became a small-time mobster, mired in a life of petty crime. When Mikey is kidnapped and held for a ransom by ruthless crime boss Eddie King (Nicolas Cage), JP turns to the brothers' old pal Sal (John Cusack), a plain clothes detective for help. In order to rescue his brother, JP must risk everything and unleash his vengeance against King's relentless army of gangsters.

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Plot Keywords:

brother brother relationship | baseball | baseball bat | selling guns | torture | 

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Taglines:

Brotherhood has its price.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brutal bloody violence, language throughout, and drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eddie King's older brother, Buddy, is played by Christopher Coppola. Cristopher Coppola is in fact the older brother of Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola).

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Quotes

JP: Katrina didn't force us out and neither will
[Eddie King]
JP: he

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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Soundtracks

Poverty, CA
Written and Performed by Benjamin Daniel Zarai

User Reviews

Dump and uninteresting.

Poor Adrian Grenier. This movie was not the best laid plans for a future as a leading man.

The 1st clue was Nicolas Cage himself. I like Cage and all but he tends to suck the very essence out of a film with his over the top bad acting.

Grenier plays the good little brother trying to make sure his bad big brother gets on the right path after being on the wrong one for so long. Semi ironic as it's big bro who 1st introduce baby bro to the right path. It's a story I literally herd a thousand times, in fact I think I've seen at lest one movie a week with this subject. The stories of the two brothers is weak, and not implemented very well by the filmmakers or the actors playing them.

And there was absolutely no point for John Cussack to be in this film. They could have saved some cash and gotten someone else. Spend it on some better action scenes.

So Grenier's leading role status is up in the air. I hope he has an awesome real life entourage he can lean on.

It's a skipper.

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Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 January 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Arsenal

Filming Locations:

Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,037

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBL Motion Picture Studios, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (EFO Films), Grindstone Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1